Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Update 2022-12-07
Douglas Wharf was a T-shaped pier that stood at the praya opposite Marine Lot 10. This is at (todays) Des Voeux Road between the junctions with Chiu Lung Street and Douglas Lane(sic!). Opposite the pier was the building on 28 Des Voeux Road Central, owned by Douglas Lapraik & Co shipping company.
The pier was destroyed during the 1874 typhoon .
The pier was reconstructed after the typhoon.
It stood there until the 1890/1900 reclamation started, estimated until 1895.
Photos that show this Place
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1874
Comments
Pier / shipyard
Hi Klaus,
I'm not sure if the pier was connected with a shipyard. Do you know if the shipyard mentioned on Wikipedia was off Queen's Road in Central, or Queen's Road in Wanchai? I haven't seen any evidence one way or the other, but Wanchai seems more likely.
Regards, David
Lapraik's shipyard was at
Lapraik's shipyard was at Burrow & Mallory Street. (they also bought a shipyard at westpoint on Queens Road by the gasworks in 1877.)
Douglas Lapraik bought the Whampoa Dock in Canton from Couper and set up the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. (HKWDC) in 1863. When the Hope Dock began operation, the Lamont Property Limited was formed as a subsidiary company under the HKWDC. The whole Aberdeen Docks were in the hands of the HKWDC in 1864, which also owned a spar-yard in Wan Chai just next to Thomas Hunt & Co.[7] (Burrow Street and Mallory Street today).
Source
The sourced site has a very comprehensive history of early Hong Kong shipbuilding and the marine department in general.
shipyard
You both are right. I was wondering when I read this Wiki entry and thought it must have been a yard off Queen's Road before the 1866 reclamation started. But even this might be incorrect and I misinterpreted the Wiki entry. I will delete this part.